U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Robert Smith aka Bigg Robb v. Bernard Thomas aka Bishop Bullwinkle
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
- Judge Bernice Bouie Donald
- Judge Amul Roger Thapar
Case history
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Dec. 20, 2018decided Decision issued in Robert Smith aka Bigg Robb v. Bernard Thomas aka Bishop Bullwinkle
Opinions and writings
THAPAR, Circuit Judge. When Robert Smith (aka Bigg Robb) recorded his song Looking for a Country Girl , he probably was not looking for a legal battle, too. But Bernard Thomas (aka Bishop Bullwinkle) copied the beat from Smith's song to make a new one-called Hell 2 Da Naw Naw -and suddenly became famous. Understandably upset at his work being copi…